Pushing the Elephant: Immeasurable Pain
Clip: Season 12 Episode 16 | 50s
Rose's oldest daughter, Aimee, may have paid the highest price during the civil war.
When civil war came to Rose's Congolese village, she was separated from her five-year-old daughter, Nangabire. Rose Mapendo managed to escape with nine of her 10 children and was eventually resettled in Phoenix, Arizona. More than a decade later, mother and daughter are reunited in the U.S. where they must come to terms with the past and build a new future.
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Pushing the Elephant: Immeasurable Pain
Clip: Season 12 Episode 16 | 50s
When civil war came to Rose's Congolese village, she was separated from her five-year-old daughter, Nangabire. Rose Mapendo managed to escape with nine of her 10 children and was eventually resettled in Phoenix, Arizona. More than a decade later, mother and daughter are reunited in the U.S. where they must come to terms with the past and build a new future.
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Pushing the Elephant - Preview
Preview: S12 Ep16 | 28s | Airs Monday, March 17, 2014 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings. (28s)
Pushing the Elephant - Preview
Preview: S12 Ep16 | 30s | Airs Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings. (30s)
Pushing the Elephant: It Takes a Village...of Women
Clip: S12 Ep16 | 3m 2s | Rose implores a group of Congolese women to take charge of their lives and communities. (3m 2s)
Pushing the Elephant: Together at Last
Clip: S12 Ep16 | 2m 42s | Rose is reunited with her daughter, Nangabire, after a decade of apart. (2m 42s)
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